1978–79 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Bradford Northern Winners York 1977 Yorkshire Cup 1977–78 1979 Yorkshire Cup 1979–80 16 The 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating York by the score of 18–8 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 10,429 and receipts were £9,188 Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 20 Aug 1978Batley8–24HalifaxMount Pleasant2Sun 20 Aug 1978Bradford Northern24–23LeedsOdsal3Sun 20 Aug 1978Bramley4–13Hull F.C.McLaren FieldHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19784Sun 20 Aug 1978Castleford18–11DewsburyWheldon Road 5Sun 20 Aug 1978Doncaster5–20KeighleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield6Sun 20 Aug 1978Featherstone Rovers23–8HuddersfieldPost Office Road7Sun 20 Aug 1978Wakefield Trinity11–16Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue8Sun 20 Aug 1978York25–19New HunsletClarence Street Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 27 Aug 1978Bradford Northern28–17Hull Kingston RoversOdsal2Sun 27 Aug 1978Featherstone Rovers8–20Hull F.C.Post Office Road3Sun 27 Aug 1978Halifax20–8CastlefordThrum Hall4Sun 27 Aug 1978York13–6KeighleyClarence Street Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 13 Sep 1978Bradford Northern12–7Hull F.C.Odsal2Tue 19 Sep 1978Halifax2–4YorkThrum Hall Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 28 October 1978Bradford Northern18–8YorkHeadingley10,429£9,188Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 X Teams and scorers Bradford Northern№York teams Keith Mumby1Gary SmithDavid Barends2Terry MorganLes Gant3Terry DayDerrick Parker4Derek FosterDavid Redfearn5Gary NicholsonIan Slater6Barry BanksAlan Redfearn7Paul HarkinJimmy Thompson8David DunkerleyTony Fisher9Ron WilemanColin Forsyth10Billy HarrisNeil Fox11Alan RhodesDennis Trotter12Barry HollisBob Haigh13Stephen/Steven "Steve" CooperJohnny Wolford (for Ian Slater)14John Crossley, Jr. (for Terry Day)Graham Joyce (for Colin Forsyth)15Terry Ramshaw (for Barry Hollis)Peter FoxCoach?? 18score87HT5 Scorers Tries Les Gant (1)TGary Smith (1)Derrick Parker (1)TAlan Redfearn (1)TBob Haigh (1)T Goals Neil Fox (3)GBarry Banks (2) Drop Goals DGBarry Hollis (1)RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBob Haigh - Bradford Northern - lfsponsored byCompetition SponsorEsso Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Bradford Northern 24 Leeds 23 Wakefield Trinity 11 Hull Kingston Rovers 16 Featherstone Rovers 23 Huddersfield 8 Bramley 4 Hull F.C. 13 Batley 8 Halifax 24 Castleford 18 Dewsbury 11 York 25 New Hunslet 19 Doncaster 5 Keighley 20 Bradford Northern 28 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 Featherstone Rovers 8 Hull F.C. 20 Halifax 20 Castleford 8 York 13 Keighley 6 Bradford Northern 12 Hull F.C. 7 Halifax 2 York 4 Bradford Northern 18 York 8 See also 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup Yorkshire Cup